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Gürsel Baran
President of Ankara Chamber of Commerce
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Ankara Chamber of Commerce, one of the oldest institutions of the Republic, has stood with our merchants since 1923.

Our goal is to help Turkey rank among the world’s ten most advanced economies through entrepreneurship, innovation and high value-added technology.

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One of our priorities is to increase the number of entrepreneurs in Ankara, with a special focus on young people and women.

As the ATO administration we will keep working to make our members’ work easier and broaden their horizons.

Gürsel Baran
President of Ankara Chamber of Commerce

Born in Siirt in 1960, he moved to Ankara with his family at the age of two. He graduated from Ulus Technical School, Department of Machinery. In 1981 he founded Dost Boya, a company trading paints, varnishes and construction materials, and still chairs its board.

Elected to an ATO committee in 1999, he became Chair of the Board in 2016 and still holds the office. He speaks Arabic and is married with three children.